Rare Opportunity in Colonial Heights with a Private Lower-Level Guest Retreat! Some homes simply offer more than bedrooms and bathrooms--they offer the space to create memories, welcome loved ones, and adapt to every season of life. Perched above the rolling hills of East Tennessee in the highly desirable Colonial Heights community, this beautifully maintained brick home is one of those rare places. Imagine starting your morning with coffee while taking in the peaceful hillside views, spending evenings gathered around the table with family, and ending the day knowing everyone has room to spread out and truly feel at home. Inside, warm hardwood floors, abundant natural light, and inviting living spaces create an atmosphere that feels comfortable from the moment you walk through the front door. The thoughtfully designed kitchen offers generous workspace and cabinetry, making everything from busy weekday mornings to holiday celebrations feel effortless. The main level features four spacious bedrooms, giving everyone a place to call their own while offering the flexibility for a home office, nursery, hobby room, or guest accommodations as life evolves. What truly makes this home special is the incredible lower level--a space filled with possibilities. With over 1,300 finished square feet, a private entrance, bedroom, full bath, kitchenette, separate laundry access, its own garage, and private driveway, it's perfectly suited for aging parents, returning college students, extended family, long-term guests, or simply creating a private retreat for the people who matter most. It's the kind of flexibility buyers rarely find until they realize they need it. Beneath the oversized carport, two additional unfinished spaces totaling approximately 450 square feet are ready to become whatever you've imagined--a workshop, fitness room, creative studio, extra storage, or future expansion. Thoughtful updates, including a newer roof, upper-level HVAC system, updated water lines, and fresh interior paint, mean you can spend less time worrying about projects and more time enjoying your new home. Beyond the property, you'll discover why so many people love calling Colonial Heights home. Quiet streets, beautiful scenery, convenient access to downtown Kingsport, Interstate 81, shopping, dining, healthcare, and countless outdoor adventures make it easy to enjoy everything East Tennessee has to offer. Whether you're searching for room to grow, a home that brings generations together, or simply a place where life feels a little less rushed and a little more connected, this home offers something that's becoming increasingly difficult to find--a place where everyone truly belongs. Zero Turn Cub Cadet with less than 700 hours run time included in sale with acceptable offer.
Single-familyProperty Type
1968Year Built
0.35 acresLot Size
$123Price/Sq.Ft.
1 garage spacesParking
Listed by Richard Sharrett Realtor® Sharrett• Summit Properties
Great location for you new home. A brick ranch with a covered carport parking. Five bedrooms three full baths. The main level has three large bedrooms all with great closets, plus two full baths with plenty of mirrors. The great room has a wood burning fireplace, lots of windows and all of main level has hardwood floors and tile. Downstairs can be used as a second living area with another large bedroom, kitchen, full bath and one car garage. .. two additional large rooms unfinished for storage.
TVRMLS #341751
Aug 29, 2014
Sold
$140,000
$54/sq ft
Nov 30, 2013
Listed
$149,900
$58/sq ft
+19
Renovated 5 BR, 3 bath ranch style home in convenient Colonial Heights location features include: newer kitchen appliances, counter tops and backsplash, tile floors; newer hardwood floors in living and dining rooms, nice older hardwood floors throughout; new roof, 2 new heat pumps and water heater; 2 wood burning fireplaces; 2 car carport and a drive under garage plus workshop space and tons of storage! The basement consists of a large den with fireplace, full kitchen with new appliances and cabinets, a 5th bedroom and full bath---great for mother-in-law or teen suite. More than 2550 sq ft of living space! Asking only $149900!
Public Records
Feb 26, 2014
Sold
$85,000
$33/sq ft
Public Records
Dec 8, 2006
Sold
$125,000
$48/sq ft
Public Records
Jan 29, 2001
Sold
$104,000
$40/sq ft
Public Records
Mar 23, 1978
Sold
$39,950
$15/sq ft
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$1,049 (+22.8%)
2024
$854 (+3.6%)
2023
$824
2022
$824
2021
$824 (+0.8%)
2020
$817
2019
$817 (+0.7%)
2018
$811
2017
$811 (+14.2%)
2016
$710
2015
$710 (+11.8%)
2014
$635
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Beds
—
Baths
2
Stories
1
Lot width
100 ft.
Lot depth
150 ft.
Lot size
0.35 Acres
Year renovated
1990
Finished Sq. Ft.
1,450
Unfinished Sq. Ft.
—
Total Sq. Ft.
1,450
Year built
1968
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Sullivan County
APN
106L B 00800 000
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
—
Last updated by owner on Jul 21, 2026.
R-1
Low Density/Single-Family Residential District
These districts are designed to provide suitable areas for single-family residential development within areas that are predominantly characterized by low-density suburban residential development. Residential development consists of single-family detached dwellings and other accessory structures thereto. The intensity of development permitted within these districts is directly related to the availability of public water service and sewage capabilities. These districts also include community facilities, public utilities, and open uses that serve specifically the residents of these districts, or that are benefited by an open residential environment without creating objectionable or undesirable influences upon residential developments. It is the express purpose of this resolution to exclude from these districts all buildings or other structures and uses having commercial characteristics, whether operated for profit or otherwise, except that uses on review, with supplementary provision and home occupations specifically provided by these regulations for these districts shall be considered as not having such characteristics if they otherwise conform to the provisions of this resolution.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Housing-Single unit
Office
Educational/school
Fire house
Library
Police station
Golf related
Cemetery
Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
1/10 Fire Factor
Unlikely to be in a wildfire in next 30 years
4/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 99° expected this year, 20 days in 30 years
2/10 Wind Factor
Minor risk of severe winds over next 30 years
2/10 Air Factor
0 unhealthy days expected this year, 2 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
Kingsport, TN • 37663
Average low and high temperatures (°F)
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Sun exposure
95/ 100
Exceptional sunlight
Sunscore
There appears to be minimal shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
9.7 hrs
5.9 hrs
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Redfin Estimate for 428 Merman Rd
$314,054
$5,946 under list price of $320K
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The Redfin Estimate uses 6 recent nearby sales, priced between $293K to $410K.